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Pope Francis arrives in East Timor on Sept. 9, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Francis Arrives in East Timor, Asia’s Youngest and Most Catholic Country

Sep 10, 2024

Francis is the first pope to visit East Timor since it gained independence from Indonesia in 2002, becoming the first new sovereign state of the 21st century.

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Only Fund Biodiversity Initiatives that Protect Indigenous Communities: Africa’s Catholic Bishops to European Union

Members of the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC). Credit: Ginaba Lino

South Sudan’s Church Leaders Decry Politicians’ “lack of will” to Remove Impediments to Delayed General Elections

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah at the Edo Governorship Election Security Townhall. Credit: The Kukah Centre

Let’s “stop the fear, tension that rises before elections”: Catholic Bishop Appeals ahead of Poll in Nigeria’s Edo State

Credit: Peter Munialo/Catholic Catechists Association (CCA)

Catechists in Kenya’s Nairobi Ecclesiastical Province Urged to Transition to Digital Culture in Teaching Christian Faith

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Says the Catholic Church is "more alive" Outside of Europe

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Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja

“A deeply moving spiritual event”: Nigerian Catholic Archbishop on International Eucharistic Congress 2024 in Ecuador

Credit: Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC)

“Jesus drew people to himself”: Participants Share Joy of Over 30,000 at Tanzania’s Fifth Eucharistic Congress

Installation of Archbishop Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Bouaké Archdiocese in Ivory Coast. Credit: ACI Africa

“Watch over, defend the people of God”: Cardinal in Ivory Coast to New Archbishop at Installation

Pope Francis addresses young adults gathered in Tirana, Albania, for the Mediterranean Encounters 2024 conference on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. / Credit: The Archdiocese of Tiranë–Durrës

Diverse Religious Identities are "a gift from God": Pope Francis

Credit: Peter Munialo/Catholic Catechists Association (CCA)

Catechists in Kenya’s Nairobi Ecclesiastical Province Urged to Transition to Digital Culture in Teaching Christian Faith

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah at the Edo Governorship Election Security Townhall. Credit: The Kukah Centre

Let’s “stop the fear, tension that rises before elections”: Catholic Bishop Appeals ahead of Poll in Nigeria’s Edo State

A reliquary containing relics of Blessed Carlo Acutis at the Church of Sant’Angela Merici in Rome, Oct. 11, 2021. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Tells Young People to Prioritize the Eucharist Like Carlo Acutis

Members of the Knights and Ladies Auxiliary of St. John International (KSJI) in Ghana

Knights of St. John in Ghana “join” Catholic Bishops in Calling for “immediate, decisive action” against Illegal Mining

Only Fund Biodiversity Initiatives that Protect Indigenous Communities: Africa’s Catholic Bishops to European Union

Members of the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC). Credit: Ginaba Lino

South Sudan’s Church Leaders Decry Politicians’ “lack of will” to Remove Impediments to Delayed General Elections

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